Digital Promise

AUGUST 25, 2020

Tackling the Digital Divide with Device Deployment in Kansas City. When schools closed in mid-March, Kansas City was confronted by the region’s deep digital divide. The Kansas City Public Library system made open-access WiFi available 24 hours a day in the parking lots of all branch locations.

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Digital Divide Libraries Survey Meeting 284

Doug Levin

JULY 24, 2017

Tagged on: July 11, 2017 Maine Charter School Moves Away From Online Learning Model | Maine Public → The Snow Pond Arts Academy charter school in Sidney had an ambitious goal — to be the first public school in Maine to use a model called “blended learning,” in which most of student work takes place in an online platform.

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EdTech E-rate Software Data 150

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 12, 2017

But a few pioneering districts have shown that it’s possible, and Albemarle County has joined a nascent trend of districts trying to build their own bridges across the digital divide. Sign up for our Blended Learning newsletter. One site in this partnership needs a new tower, and the others require extensive permits.

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Broadband Digital Divide Accessibility Blackboard 92

Hack Education

FEBRUARY 17, 2017

Via WaPo : “The FCC talks the talk on the digital divide – and then walks in the other direction.” ” That’s Gail Heriot. ” “What’s the bottom line on online preschool ?” “Can Blended Learning Improve Equity in One of Nation’s Most Diverse Districts?”

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